呆 - dāi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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呆

dāi

Definition

foolish
stupid
expressionless
dull
blank
to stay

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

保

Bǎo

Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚

保

bǎo

to protect; to defend; to guard; to keep; to maintain; to conserve; to preserve; to guarantee; to ensure; to insure; guarantor

棠

táng

cherry-apple

Related words (23)

呆住

dāi zhù

to be dumbfounded; to be astonished

fool; sucker

bad debt

stiff; inflexible; also pr. [ai2 ban3]

fool; stupid

dull; lifeless; sluggish

idiot; fool

dimwitted

bad debt

see 待会儿

open spanner; open end spanner; flat spanner

发呆

fā dāi

to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought

stupefied; stunned

imbecility; dementia

to gape at; to stare blankly; to stare in rapture; to stare in awe

书呆子

shū dāi zi

bookworm; pedant; bookish fool

帅呆了

shuài dāi le

awesome; brilliant; magnificent

dementia

cretinism

stunned; dumbstruck

senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease

老年痴呆症

lǎo nián chī dāi zhèng

senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease

老年性痴呆症

lǎo nián xìng chī dāi zhèng

senile dementia

Idioms (4)

呆若木鸡

dāi ruò mù jī

(lit.) dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck

目光呆滞

mù guāng dāi zhì

to have a lifeless look in one's eyes (idiom)

目怔口呆

mù zhēng kǒu dāi

(lit.) eye startled, mouth struck dumb (idiom); stunned; stupefied

目瞪口呆

mù dèng kǒu dāi

dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied; stunned

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